Helios - Horses of Helios

Horses of Helios

Some lists, cited by Hyginus, of the names of horses that pulled Helios' chariot, are as follows.

According to Eumelus of Corinth - Eous; by him the sky is turned. Aethiops, as if faming, parches the grain. These trace-horses are male. The female are yoke-bearers: Bronte, whom we call Thunder, and Sterope, whom we call Lightning.

According to Homer, the names are : Abraxas, *Therbeeo.

According to Ovid: Pyrois, Eous, Aethon, and Phlegon".

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